Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
April 9, 2001
Submitted
April 17, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N518DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21469
Aircraft time
65,946 hours, 49,997 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
65545743
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

INSPECTION OF THE STRINGER 4L SKIN LAP SPLICE YIELDED CRACK INDICATIONS. INTERNAL MFEC INSPECTION CONFIRMED A CRACK IN THE LOWER FASTENER ROW OF THE LOWER SKIN PANEL AT FS 383 & 384. THE CRACKED AREA WAS ROUTED OUT AND A REPAIR DOUBLER AND STRUCTURAL FILLER INSTALLED PER B727 SRM 53-30-3, FIG. 5 AND ER/A 380513-14AD.